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Mississippi public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: Mississippi public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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MISSISSIPPI · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Long Beach High School	Long Beach	Long Beach School District	High	51.1%	895	85.6%
2	Pass Christian High School	PASS CHRISTIAN	Pass Christian School District	High	55.0%	606	84.9%
3	Enterprise High School	ENTERPRISE	Enterprise	High	57.3%	260	84.3%
4	West Harrison High	Gulfport	Harrison County School District	High	64.7%	1,216	83.9%
5	Lewisburg High School	Olive Branch	DeSoto County School District	High	18.3%	1,330	83.7%
6	Hernando High School	HERNANDO	DeSoto County School District	High	23.0%	1,529	83.4%
7	Ocean Springs High School	Ocean Springs	Ocean Springs School District	High	35.5%	1,928	83.1%
8	Poplarville High School	POPLARVILLE	Poplarville School District	High	49.6%	540	83.0%
9	West Union Attendance Center	MYRTLE	Union County School District	Combined	57.6%	660	81.4%
10	Union High School	UNION	Union Public School District	High	98.9%	280	80.9%
11	Madison Central High School	Madison	Madison County Schools	High	22.1%	1,260	80.0%
12	Rosa Scott	Madison	Madison County Schools	High	22.8%	373	80.0%
13	Sumrall High School	Sumrall	Lamar County School District	High	28.7%	616	79.8%
14	Caledonia High School	CALEDONIA	Lowndes County School District	High	42.3%	640	79.7%
15	Vancleave High School	Vancleave	Jackson County School District	High	48.6%	737	79.3%
16	D'Iberville High	Biloxi	Harrison County School District	High	58.5%	1,478	79.0%
17	East Central High School	Moss Point	Jackson County School District	High	48.5%	777	78.9%
18	New Site High School	New Site	Prentiss County School District	High	68.2%	239	78.3%
19	Petal High School	PETAL	Petal School District	High	54.8%	1,324	77.8%
20	Northwest High School	Flowood	Rankin County School District	High	32.1%	1,855	77.2%
21	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg	Lamar County School District	High	52.1%	1,750	77.2%
22	Sumner Hill Junior High School	Clinton	Clinton Public School District	High	48.7%	396	76.9%
23	Clinton High School	Clinton	Clinton Public School District	High	38.5%	1,339	76.9%
24	Biloxi High School	Biloxi	BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	53.9%	1,669	76.8%
25	Center Hill High School	Olive Branch	DeSoto County School District	High	39.3%	1,059	76.7%
26	Germantown High School	Madison	Madison County Schools	High	25.9%	1,411	76.1%
27	West Lauderdale High School	Collinsville	Lauderdale County School District	High	36.8%	535	75.6%
28	Greene County High School	Leakesville	Greene County Schools	High	99.3%	446	75.6%
29	East Union Attendance Center	BLUE SPRINGS	Union County School District	Elementary	67.3%	950	74.8%
30	Olive Branch High School	Olive Branch	DeSoto County School District	High	51.6%	1,058	74.7%
31	Myrtle Attendance Center	MYRTLE	Union County School District	Elementary	73.2%	698	74.6%
32	Booneville High School	Booneville	Booneville School District	High	60.0%	370	74.5%
33	Smithville School	SMITHVILLE	Monroe County School District	Combined	48.7%	540	74.5%
34	St. Martin High School	Ocean Springs	Jackson County School District	High	55.9%	1,289	74.4%
35	Hancock High School	Kiln	Hancock School District	High	59.5%	1,184	74.2%
36	West Lincoln School	BROOKHAVEN	Lincoln County School District	Combined	61.2%	636	74.0%
37	Kossuth High School	Corinth	Alcorn School District	High	46.0%	398	73.8%
38	Ripley High School	Ripley	South Tippah School District	High	77.2%	465	73.8%
39	Clarkdale High School	Meridian	Lauderdale County School District	High	41.9%	422	73.4%
40	Brandon High School	Brandon	Rankin County School District	High	35.7%	1,609	73.2%
41	Oxford High School	Oxford	Oxford School District	High	45.2%	1,335	72.9%
42	Itawamba Agricultural High School	Fulton	Itawamba County	High	59.6%	555	72.6%
43	Sebastopol Attendance Center	SEBASTOPOL	Scott County School District	Combined	99.6%	684	72.4%
44	North Pontotoc High School	ECRU	PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	99.4%	488	72.3%
45	Ingomar Attendance Center	NEW ALBANY	Union County School District	Combined	50.0%	678	72.3%
46	Grenada High School	GRENADA	Grenada School District	High	66.4%	1,026	72.2%
47	DeSoto Central High School	Southaven	DeSoto County School District	High	32.6%	2,004	72.2%
48	Purvis High School	Purvis	Lamar County School District	High	49.8%	614	72.2%
49	Tishomingo Co. High School	Iuka	Tishomingo County School District	High	63.7%	578	71.9%
50	Gulfport High School	Gulfport	Gulfport School District	High	55.7%	1,702	71.8%

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